[Mageia-dev] Suggestion: what to do with iso?

[Maarten Vanraes]

> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Maarten Vanraes
> 
> <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Op donderdag 28 april 2011 10:01:53 schreef Romain d'Alverny:
> >> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 08:52, Maarten Vanraes
> >> > 
> >> > <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> So,
> >> >> 
> >> >> I was talking to someone i know about Mageia, and she poked around
> >> >> the site, but then asked how to put the iso on an usbstick, since
> >> >> her netbook didn't have cdrom.
> >> >> 
> >> >> I had to admit i didn't know exactly how, which brings me to my
> >> >> point:
> >> >> 
> >> >> Perhaps it would be nice to have a link on the download page, on how
> >> >> to handle the iso for people who don't know how? (ie: burn it; or
> >> >> usb-stick-ify it)
> >> >> 
> >> >> WDYT?
> >> 
> >> It's always good to have this kind of documentation, that we can
> >> provide on the download page for after use.
> >> 
> >> Related docs:
> >>  * http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Draklive#Building_a_live_CD_or_live_USB
> >>  *
> >> http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installing_Mandriva_Linux#Installation_
> >> fr om_a_USB_stick * maybe others I didn't find
> >> 
> >> about this, but no equivalent doc on our side for now (in Wiki or
> >> website).
> >> 
> >> So someone to write an article about this is welcome.
> >> 
> >> Note that Ubuntu does something quite nice as well about this (the
> >> "show me how" thing):
> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
> >> 
> >> Romain
> > 
> > I would prefer to not link the download page to our temporary wiki, as it
> > doesn't look that good imho.
> > 
> > an extra translatable page on the website would sound good, i suppose:
> > 
> > rough format:
> > -----------------
> > What to do with this iso file?
> > 
> > first, choose the right one for you.
> > ==> explanation about 32bit/64bit
> > ==> mention about dualboot
> > ==> mention about live iso and how you can install that if you want
> > ==> mention about the other isos and briefly what they mean
> > 
> > option 1) burn it to CD/DVD with your favourite CD/DVD burner
> > ==> examples with small screenshot from windows/macosx/linux
> > ==> notice on size of iso and CD or DVD format, notion about RW also
> > being ok ==> explanation of verifying md5sum
> > 
> > option 2) how to put an iso on a stick?
> > ==> examples with small screenshot from windows/macosx/linux
> > ==> explanation of verifying md5sum
> > 
> > option 3) virtualisation
> > ==> briefly mention XEN/KVM/Vbox/VMWare
> > ==> explanation of importance of verifying an md5sum
> > 
> > 
> > something like this...

Op donderdag 28 april 2011 11:37:53 schreef David Sjölin:
> Hello!
> 
> I remember that when I created a usb from ISO I had some strange
> problem making the USB bootable. Maybe some comment on how to do that?
> I don't remember how I did it then, but I assume using fdisk or
> something? Dismount the USB, fidks /dev/sdb1 (or whatever it could be
> on the users computer) and change the bootable flag (?). And a comment
> on how to find the device for the USB.
> 
> Other than that this looks like a good design.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David
> 
> 

please don't top post

and of course it's a good design, it's based on:

step 1: idea
step 2: (to be filled in)
step 3: profit!

:-D